| Description |
xviii, 153 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, (includes music) LXV plates (includes facsimiles) on 32 β. ; 29 x 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
"A select bibliography": pages xiii-xviii. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Origin of the keyboard. Mediaeval instruments.- The clavichord.- The spinet and virginal.- The harpsichord.- The pianoforte until the year 1820.- Appendix: A list of the makers and sellers of keyboard instruments (excluding the organ) working in the British isles up to the year 1820. |
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Piano -- History.
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Piano. |
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History. |
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Harpsichord.
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Harpsichord. |
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Musical instrument makers.
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Musical instrument makers. |
| Added Title |
Keyboard instruments |
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